ARCH - Fw: Test results 160 siloflex and wood shafts

Bob Dewart gilli at seacove.net
Fri Apr 27 20:10:30 PDT 2001


Sure, let's see.  I made a few more after it got dark.  One is only about 1
inch on the top.

Where did you get the string?

Gilli
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Pearcy" <dpearcy at telusplanet.net>
To: <ansteorra-archery at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 9:40 PM
Subject: Re: ARCH - Fw: Test results 160 siloflex and wood shafts


> Greetings Gilli
>
> I to have been experimenting with the siloflex ABD on my crossbow bolts.
I'm
> only using 1/2 inch (top) piece of tube and attaching it with waxed
polyester
> string to the fiberglass shafts. It works! I have two photo's I could send
you
> if you'd like to see? ~300K in size
>
> Deicyn
>
> Bob Dewart wrote:
>
> > Though I'd share.
> >
> > I'll bring the dead ones with me.
> >
> > Gilli
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bob Dewart" <gilli at seacove.net>
> > To: <SCA-MissileCombat at yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 8:37 PM
> > Subject: Test results 160 siloflex and wood shafts
> >
> > > Greetings and Hi There,
> > >
> > > I just had some interesting results, even though I didn't shoot many
> > times.
> > > Last night I'd cut several differant lengths of siloflex.
> > >
> > > I used some of my 45lb chundo wood shafts left over from Gulf War.  I
> > pulled
> > > the fletches off and attached a 3.5 inch top peice of slioflex as per
the
> > > Outland diagram (minus the finger hole) to the shaft.  I went to my
side
> > > yard and shot at my gate door which is plywood.  At a distance of
about 10
> > > yards I shoot the arrow from my 30lb recurve. I aimed low.  When I
retreve
> > > the arrow, it had broken in two at the forward strapping and duct
tape!!
> > >
> > > Well, let's try
> > >
> > > I went back end and made two more arrows.  One more   3.5  incher and
a
> > two
> > > incher.  I moved further out toward the street, perhaps a range of 15
> > yards
> > > I aimed at the middle of the gate. The two incher hit where I aimed
with a
> > > good thud.  However it too was destroyed just like the first.
> > >
> > > I shot the second.  Again I aimed at the middle of the gate.  I fired
> > > several times. Never hitting where I aimed.  They all het more or less
> > > broadside except for the last one that went over the gate at a 45
degree
> > > angle.
> > >
> > > So out of a, what turned out to be a quick test, 3 arrow test I have
two
> > > arrows broken in two being held together only by strapping tape, and
one
> > > that didn't fly right.
> > >
> > > I take it then siloflex wasn't meant for wood shafts?
> > >
> > > Gilli
> > > who has about a 1,000 wood arrows
> > >
> >
> >
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